 Por David Schonfield "Derek Jeter tiene el instinto asesino de Jackie Robinson, el ajetreo de Pete Rose, el arte de batear de George Brett, el liderato de Kirby Puckett, el bateo clave de Reggie Jackson, las acrobacias de Ozzie Smith, los ojos de Grace Kelly. Él es el jugador perfecto."
Durante mucho tiempo, hubo un caluroso debate sobre el valor real de Derek Jeter como jugador. En un lado estaban aquellos que están de acuerdo con la declaración anterior que acabo de inventarme. Su adulación llegó al pico notablemente con su famosa atrapada y tiro contra los Atléticos en los playoffs de 2001. La jugada se convirtió en un símbolo de su genialidad para jugar béisbol.
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 Por: Tony Menéndez - El Mejor Yankee En La Historia?
A traves de los tiempos cuando se habla o escrito a traves de la historia de los Yankees de Nueva York los primeros nombres que resaltan son entre otros Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle y Reggie Jackson. Para los fanaticos de los 2010 parece ser que esos nombres se quedaron atrás en el Siglo 20.
Para esta generación de la letra que sea el Yankee mayor se llama Derek Jeter. El campocorto de los Mulos de Manhattan ha resonado en grande desde su elección el pasado mes de diciembre como Deportista del Año del 2009 por la revista Sports Illustrated.
Hasta articulos han circulado en tiempos recientes como el mejor campocorto en la historia de las Mayores. Personalmente no creo que para tanto.
Entiendo que el mejor pelotero del 2009 sín duda alguna lo fue Albert Pujols pero los editores de Sports Illustrated entendieron que el veterano Yankee de 35 años merecia el honor.
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 New York Yankees Yogi Berra's Yogisms
"All pitchers are liars or crybabies."
"The wind always seems to blow against catchers when they're running."
"A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."
"Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical."
"Bill Dickey is learning me his experience."
"He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious."
"How can a you hit and think at the same time?"
"I always thought that record would stand until it was broken."
"I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won twenty-five games. What I don't understand is how he lost five."
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"Derek Jeter 2008 Yankees Final Game at Yankee Stadium Farewell Speech" September 21, 2008
"From all of us up here, it's a huge honor to put this uniform on every
day and come out here and play," Every member of this organization,
past and present, has been calling this place home for 85 years.
There's a lot of tradition, a lot of history and a lot of memories. The
great thing about memories is you're able to pass them along from
generation to generation"
"Although things are going to change next year and we're going to move
across the street, there are a few things with the New York Yankees
that never change. That's pride, tradition, and most of all, we have
the greatest fans in the world. We're relying on you to take the
memories from this stadium and add them to the new memories we make at
the new Yankee Stadium and continue to pass them on from generation to
generation. We just want to take this moment to salute you, the
greatest fans in the world."
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 The New York Yankees 2008 "The Final Season"
The 2008 season was the last season played at historic Yankee Stadium. To celebrate the final year and history of Yankee Stadium, the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played there on July 15, 2008.
The final regular season game at Yankee Stadium was played on September 21, 2008 against the Baltimore Orioles, the city from which both the Yankees and their great star Babe Ruth originated.
Fielding Derek Jeter as their captain, Andy Pettitte as the starting pitcher, and led by home runs from Johnny Damon and Jose Molina, the Yankees won 7–3. Molina's home run, a two-run shot hit to left-center field with one out in the bottom of the 4th inning, turned out to be the final home run in Stadium history.
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